EFSA CONTAMINATED BABY MILK SEIZURE ITALY ROW
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INQUIRY by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded printing ink ingredient 2-isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) does not pose serious health risks at contamination levels sparking the seizure of 30 million litres of Nestlé liquid baby milk in Italy. The action fuelled a row between EFSA, Nestlé and packaging giant Tetrapak, with the European Union (EU) agency accusing the companies of claiming EFSA had declared ITX safe, before it had made a detailed inquiry. In a letter to Tetrapak, EFSA said a full-page newspaper advertisement ...
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